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A top literary agency announced a deal with Amazon to publish electronic version of some of its authors' older titles without going through traditional publishing houses. That has publishers on the defensive.

After a top-level White House meeting Tuesday, the House speaker said legislation must include a government-run plan. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was less optimistic about a public option, but still confident a deal would pass.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's not apologizing for saying his top priority is making President Obama a one-term president. He says that since the president has veto power, he has to go -- if Republicans are to achieve their goals of repealing health care and shrinking the government.

For the second year in a row, the Super Bowl became the most-watched TV show ever. Nielsen reports that almost 1 in every 3 Americans watched. And the most popular commercial, according to TiVo? Richard Lewis whining and Roseanne Barr getting decked for Snickers.

The reader-produced encyclopedia isn't considered a reliable source in many college classrooms. But now, it's trying something new: It's partnering with students from top public policy programs to help write more entries.

When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that his top priority was seeing that President Obama was a one-term president, Democrats pounced. So it's not surprising that when President Obama suggested Republicans were "our enemies," the GOP parried. House Minority Leader John Boehner -- who many believe will be the next Speaker of the House -- is pushing back hard, saying where the president sees enemies, he sees patriots.

The president will use Tuesday night's nationally televised speech on Afghanistan policy to reiterate "that this is not an open-ended commitment," a White House spokesman said Monday.

The blueprint released by a group of governors and school superintendents lays out what students should be learning in math and English every year from kindergarten through high school. The plan is part of a push to iron out the jumble of state standards and raise expectations for American schools.

The Obama administration is starting to do some outreach to find a replacement for Lawrence Summers. Advocates are pushing for a businessperson, a populist, a consensus builder or a woman to become the new head of the National Economic Council.

The influential musician and producer, of The Box Tops and Big Star fame, died this week after a sudden heart attack at age 59. Neda Ulaby looks back on Chilton's varied career.